Gérard Buquet
Gérard Buquet (born 1954) is a
.Life
He studied at the
As instrumentalist he has participated in numerous premiers, and has appeared regularly as a soloist at all leading festivals for contemporary music. He has frequently played with the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, and the Orchestre Philharminique de Radio France, as well as various jazz groups.
From 1976 to 2001 he was the tuba player of the ‘
During this time he worked on several research projects at the Ircam Centre. He has written a book on the ‘contemporary tuba’ (funded by the French cultural ministry). His teaching is inspired by coordination and breathing techniques developed by Jacques Dropsy. Gérard Buquet taught chamber music at the CNSM in Paris from 1997 to 1999, and then obtained the poste as tuba professor there in 1999. In 1999 the television channel ‘Mezzo’ devoted a portrait film to his work.
In 2000 he became professor (director of the ‘Ensemble für Neue Musik’) at the
In October 2007 he conducted « les Etudes d’après Séraphin » by
Compositions (Excerpts)
- 2006: "Surimpressions"
- 2005: "Les danses du temps"
- 2001: "Adverb"
- 1997: "Zwischen"
Trivia
Gérard Buquet owns the only ever built contrabass trombone with two bells.